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• Name: Louis Marin
• Name: Peter Cholette
• _UID: CB6FA74961B544E98FAA501190B5A6322464
• Additonal information: 7 Jul 1845, St. Polycarpe, Soulanges, Quebec, Canada

Notes:

Kidnapped at about 5 years old

Additonal information:
Pierre, along with his brother Toussaint and cousin Pierre Doucet, was kidnapped. Pierre Doucet, age 6, Pierre Cholet, age 5 and Toussaint Cholet, age 4 years, were sold to a sea captain. Pierre Doucet died aboard ship on the way to France. Pierre and Toussaint Cholet spent their childhood in St. Malo, France before they were pressed into service as ship's boys. Pierre's name was changed to Louis Marin and Toussaint's to Toussaint Marin. At the age of 30, he and his brother Toussaint deserted ship at Labrador. Toussaint died shortly after they deserted. Pierre then began a ten year odyssey to find his parents. He did find them, when he was about 40 years old, in September of 1880, at St. Polycarpe.

Pierre married Marie Anne Levacque on 20 Feb 1882 in St. Raphael, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada. Marie was born on 24 Aug 1860 in St. Polycarpe, Soulanges, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 25 Aug 1860 in St. Polycarpe, Soulanges, Quebec, Canada; died on 30 May 1889 in Monrreal, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 1 Jun 1889 in St. Polycarpe, Soulanges, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]